A new philosophy of society : assemblage theory and social complexity by Manuel De Landa(
)41
editions published
between
2006
and
2019
in
English and Japanese
and held by
1,404 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Manuel DeLanda is a distinguished writer, artist and philosopher. In his new book, he offers a fascinating look at how the
contemporary world is characterized by an extraordinary social complexity. Since most social entities, from small communities
to large nation-states, would disappear altogether if human minds ceased to exist, Delanda proposes a novel approach to social
ontology that asserts the autonomy of social entities from the conceptions we have of them

Intensive science and virtual philosophy by Manuel De Landa(
)42
editions published
between
2002
and
2017
in
English
and held by
929 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Intensive science and virtual philosophy cuts to the heart of the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and of today's science wars.
At the start of the 21st century, Deleuze is now regarded as the most radical and influential of contemporary philosophers.
Yet his work is widely misunderstood and misinterpreted

Assemblage theory by Manuel De Landa(
)13
editions published
in
2016
in
English
and held by
759 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"In this book Manuel De Landa provides the first detailed overview of the assemblage theory found in germ in Deleuze and Guattari's
writings. Throug a series of case studies De Landa shows how the concept can be applied to economic, linguistic and military
history as well as to metaphysics, science and mathematics."

A thousand years of nonlinear history by Manuel De Landa(
Book
)57
editions published
between
1997
and
2017
in
3
languages
and held by
665 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
The author presents a radical synthesis of historical development over the last 1000 years, tracing the concrete movements
and interplays of matter and energy through human populations in the last millennium

War in the age of intelligent machines by Manuel De Landa(
Book
)29
editions published
between
1990
and
2003
in
English and Japanese
and held by
555 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
In the aftermath of the methodical destruction of Iraq during the Persian Gulf War, the power and efficiency of new computerized
weapons and suveillance technology has become chillingly apparent. This new weaponry has a significance that goes far beyond
military applications; it represents a profound historical shift in the relation of human beings both to machines and to information.
Details the mutating history of information analysis and machinic organization from the mobile siege artillery of the Renaissance,
the clockwork armies of the Thirty Years War, the Napoleonic campaigns, and the Nazi blitzkrieg up to present-day cybernetic
battle-management systems and satellite reconnaissance network, and provides a philosophical and historical reflection on
the changing forms through which human bodies and materials are combined, organized, deployed and made effective. [back cover]

Philosophy and simulation : the emergence of synthetic reason by Manuel De Landa(
Book
)23
editions published
between
2010
and
2019
in
English
and held by
278 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
In this groundbreaking book, Manuel Delanda analyzes all the different genres of simulation (from cellular automata and generic
algorithms to neural nets and multi-agent systems) as a means to conceptualize the possibility spaces associated with casual
(and other) capacities. Simulations allow us to stage actual interactions among a population of agents and to observe the
emergent wholes that result from those interactions. Simulations have become as important as mathematical models in theoretical
science. As computer power and memory have become cheaper they have migrated to the desktop, where they now play the role
that small-scale experiments used to play. A philosophical examination of the epistemology of simulations is needed to cement
this new role, underlining the consequences that simulations may have for materialist philosophy itself. This remarkably clear
philosophical discussion of a rapidly growing field, from a thinker at the forefront of research at the interface of science
and the humanities, is a must-read for anyone interested in the philosophy of technology and the philosophy of science at
all levels

The rise of realism by Manuel De Landa(
Book
)13
editions published
in
2017
in
English
and held by
202 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Until quite recently, almost no philosophers trained in the continental tradition saw anything of value in realism. The situation
in analytic philosophy was always different, but in continental philosophy realism was usually treated as a pseudo-problem.
That is no longer the case. In this provocative new book, two leading philosophers examine the remarkable rise of realism
in the continental tradition. While exploring the similarities and differences in their own positions, they also consider
the work of others and assess rival trends in contemporary philosophy. They begin by discussing the relation between realism
and materialism, which DeLanda links closely but which Harman tries to separate. Part Two covers the many different meanings
of realism, with the two authors working together to develop an expanded definition of the term. Part Three features a spirited
exchange on the respective virtues and drawbacks of DeLanda's realism of attractors and singularities and Harman's object-oriented
theory. Part Four shifts to the question of the knowability of the real, as the authors discuss whether scientific knowledge
does full justice to reality. In Part Five, they shift the focus to space, time, and science more generally, and here Harman
offers a defence of actor-network theory despite its obvious anti-realist elements. Lively, accessible and engaging, this
book is the best attempt so far to clarify the different paths for realism in continental philosophy

Lebbeus Woods : system Wien by Lebbeus Woods(
Book
)9
editions published
in
2005
in
English and German
and held by
162 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Den amerikanske arkitekt Lebbeus Woods udforsker i dette projekt, hvordan energirelationer i offentlige og private byrum kan
udtrykkes tektonisk i form af tegninger og installationer, og hvordan disse energirelationer kan udnyttes i fremtidens Wien

Philosophical chemistry : genealogy of a scientific field by Manuel De Landa(
Book
)9
editions published
between
2015
and
2017
in
English
and held by
160 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Philosophical Chemistry furthers Manuel DeLanda's revolutionary intervention in the philosophy of science and science studies.
Against a monadic and totalizing understanding of science, DeLanda's historicizing investigation traces the centrality of
divergence, specialization and hybridization through the fields and subfields of chemistry. The strategy followed uses a series
of chemical textbooks, separated from each other by fifty year periods (1750, 1800, 1850, and 1900), to follow the historical
formation of consensus practices. The three chapters deal with one subfield of chemistry in the

Deleuze : history and science by Manuel De Landa(
Book
)6
editions published
in
2010
in
English
and held by
37 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide

VY2K(
Visual
)1
edition published
in
2000
in
English
and held by
16 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
VY2K conference, held November 5-7, 1999 at Brown University, was designed to investigate the impact of virtuality on global
politics. Thirty top authorities in science, culture, politics, and military applications of virtual and information technology
gathered to assess the significance of digitized and networked technologies for global affairs. These excerpts from the conference
highlight some of the participants' views on virtuality

Technomorphica(
Book
)1
edition published
in
1997
in
Dutch
and held by
9 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"In this book fourteen contributors ... deal with the issue of the continuously progressive fusion of the biological with
the technological"--Foreword